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NOOTKA CYPRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nootka cypress mean? 

NOOTKA CYPRESS (noun)
  The noun NOOTKA CYPRESS has 1 sense:

1. tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornamentplay

  Familiarity information: NOOTKA CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NOOTKA CYPRESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alaska cedar; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Nootka cypress; yellow cedar; yellow cypress

Hypernyms ("Nootka cypress" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Holonyms ("Nootka cypress" is a member of...):

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)


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